Descartes Systems reviews

3.9

83% would recommend to a friend

(263 total reviews)

Ed Ryan

84% approve of CEO

76% positive business outlook

Descartes Systems has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 263 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Descartes Systems employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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263 reviews
2.0
Feb 6, 2020

Empresa Boa.

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

If you are a naturally Sales Hunter, has revenues increase in your blood, and you solely focus on revenues, you are going to be incredible successful at Descartes.

Cons

The company is so revenue driven, that unconscious the company gets extremely selfish, solely focus in your individual quota. Neglecting important aspects as team spirit, collaboration, group brainstorms and so on. Part of the operation is under a very inappropriate leadership with no experience on selling software and long sales cycle. They are under a learning process related to basic managements skills as KPI's, OKRs and so on, so if has qualification on IT management it will be hard and stressful to implement a culture of purpose, goals and detailed metrics. Human Resources are very far from the employees.

3.0
Aug 13, 2013

Director of Tax

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Opportunity work with taxation jurisdictions in Europe, Asia, and North America

Cons

Limited resources, inadequate feed back and failure to respond to proposals by senior management in timely manner

3.0
Jun 1, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

It has nice working environment with 4 days wfh

Cons

Using legacy code and is small organization

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Descartes Systems Response
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Thank you for sharing your feedback. We’re glad to hear you value the work environment and our flexible hybrid work model. As a global technology company, we continue to invest in product innovation, including meaningful annual investment in research and development. While some solutions have established codebases, we are actively modernizing our platforms, adopting new technologies, and both building and acquiring solutions that support the evolving needs of our customers and global supply chains. We appreciate your feedback and remain committed to giving our teams opportunities to work with innovative technologies while delivering value to customers. Thank you for being part of Descartes.
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